Comparison Chart

 
Savant Protection
Centralized Whitelisting

HIPS
(heuristics)

Anti-Virus

Functionality
Ability to lockdown OS and Applications Yes Yes, by policy or known whitelists By policy for known signatures No
Intercept unknown executables Yes Varies By policy for known signatures No
Automatic approval of updates Yes Partial No No
Device control included Yes Some No No
Remote control management Yes No No No
Integrated with AV client Yes No Yes N/A
Malware spread prevention Yes No No No
Manageability        
Auto-learn existing systems Yes No No No
Fully functional disconnected & standalone Yes No No No
No inoculation or updates required Yes No No No
No performance hit
Yes No No No
Easy to deploy (1000+ systems)
Yes No (weeks) No (weeks) No
Support Windows, Linux, Embedded, VM Yes Varies Varies Yes
Reliability
Redundancy Yes Varies Varies Varies
Minimizes impact of breach Yes Partial (May require network rebuild) No No